BUT THE TRUTH IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. Being what the MSM calls “far-right” and “anti-immigrant” puts you in the mainstream of sensible Western popular opinion.

Of course, to be what the MSM calls “anti-immigrant” simply means that you favor some form of restriction or control on immigration into your country.

Whatever—if restricting or controlling immigration is “far-right,” then being “anti-immigrant” is undeniably a mainstream opinion. In a massive Pew Research poll of 47 countries around the world, majorities in 45 of those countries favored further restricting or controlling immigration.

In any honest description of the impact of immigration worldwide, it should be pointed out that immigration has generally brought with it a mixed bag, at best. In most aspects of life, sensible people can understand that public policy brings with it pros and cons. However, our approach to immigration has been senseless. Even so-called conservatives, who are evidently the last remaining defenders of our sovereignty, will speak about immigration with complete piety.

Yet, those who favor open immigration policies are the outliers. They are on the fringe, supporting an approach that a majority of their fellow citizens vehemently oppose.

Consider the following opinion data (funded by liberal organizations) showing that more Americans believe that immigration is a “problem” rather than an “opportunity”:

There is a similar majority who believe that immigrants take jobs from the native-born and drive down wages.

These figures show that there is a majority in support of immigration restrictions. Where, in a democratic society, are their leaders? Could it be that part of the reason for our outrageous state of affairs is a simple failure of politicians to listen to their constituents’ concerns?

Two-thirds of Hispanic voters said that abortion should be legal in most or all cases, compared with slightly more than half of white voters, according to exit poll results. Hispanics were also more liberal when it came to same-sex marriage, with 59 percent saying it should be legal in their state, compared with 51 percent of blacks and 47 percent of white voters.

Courting the Hispanic vote with amnesty would alienate white working class people, who could have secured a win for Mitt Romney, in exchange for the futile prospect of a percentage of the Hispanic vote (the mythical 44%) that wouldn’t have resulted in a Romney victory anyway.

Perhaps sensing that what Samuel P. Huntington called “Dead Souls” —the post-national elite—are about to betray America again, the public has little faith that the federal government will secure the border.